For many environmental activists, the collapse would be this new key moment
capable of defeating capitalism and giving birth to a new society. Fact orfiction ? ---- In his book Capitalist Realism, Mark Fischer sums up his ideathus: " It is easier to imagine an end of the world than that of capitalism ".Between the pandemic, fires, floods or energy difficulties, our time can take onthe appearance of the end of the world, especially when we know that theseproblems will become not only more and more frequent but also more and moreintense. It is therefore tempting to see, despite the misery and destructioncaused by this end of the world, a way out of the world that engendered it. Inany case, this is what brings together those who support the hypothesis of acollapse.If there is a reactionary version which conceptualizes it as a return to the lawof the strongest capable of purifying society, there is an opposite version whichsees in it a moment capable of federating mutual aid and solidarity and plant theseeds of a better world. However, even the version based on progressive values isdubious.The central thesis of the collapse is based on the overcoming of a peak in rawmaterials which renders capitalism incapable of fueling its infinite growth. Butwill that be enough to wipe the slate clean? The first victims of the economicand ecological crises to come will be the popular classes, not the bourgeoisie.There is no doubt that the latter will fight to defend her domination. Tomaintain its profit, it will surely even have to significantly intensify itsexploitation of the proletariat, whether international or national. Faced withdowngrading, the reflex of solidarity between the exploited is very far frombeing universal and the context could favor, on the contrary, the mostreactionary and authoritarian currents. Let's not forget that capitalism isalready taking great advantage of the various crises to strengthen its grip, itis largely thanks to these that neoliberalism has been able to develop as inChile in the 1970s or in the former bloc in the Is in the 1990s. Many are alreadythose around the world but also in Europe to see their environment destroyed andtheir lives reduced to the worst exploitation.More recently, many people have spoken of the world after, at the height of theCovid crisis, but these calls have remained incantatory. Worse, it is the farright and conspiracy theorists who have taken advantage of the crisis whilehealth issues have taken a back seat.The times to come will be troubled but waiting for the collapse of the systemunder its contradictions is an illusion or even a privilege because it will nothesitate to destroy more and more in order to maintain itself. Let us thereforebeware of fictions full of idealism to predict the future and fight now for thedefense of our class and the strengthening of networks of mutual aid and solidarity.Corentin (UCL Alsace)https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Effondrement-Attention-au-fantasme-du-Grand-soir-ecolo_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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